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By Dave ©, May 12, 2008 2:28 pm

Here is our first video, which is finally done.

He Never Lets Go from Dave © on Vimeo.

Isaiah 41:10

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By Lana, May 11, 2008 2:26 pm

Happy Mother’s Day!!!!!!!! We had a very relaxing Mother’s Day. We went to Panera for bagels and ate them in the van. Then we went for a nice drive out in the country. We drove to the river and Lauren and Dave threw sticks into the river. It was raining so I waited in the van with Carmen. Lauren did not want to leave but we told her we would bring her back sometime soon for a picnic by the river. For dinner, we ordered El Salvadoran food. Pupusas are yummy!

Mother’s Day is bittersweet for me. After having miscarriages, I dreaded Mother’s Day. I dreaded going to church and seeing all the moms standing up while everyone clapped. I still cringe every year for the women who cannot have children or who have lost children. At the same time, I am very thankful that I am a mom on Mother’s Day. I have two beautiful daughters and my favorite job in the whole wide world is being a mom.

Both my mom and Dave’s mom are good cooks. I am going to post two recipes, one from Dave’s mom, Grace, and one from my mom, Charlotte.

Grace’s Fabulous Easter Ham
(This is soooooooo yummy!)
1 cooked spiral sliced ham
1 can sliced pineapple, reserve juice
Brown sugar
Cloves

Place ham in large casserole dish. Stick cloves all over ham. Secure pineapple slices on ham with toothpicks. In small saucepan, combine pineapple juice, brown sugar to taste and a little water if needed to make a nice sauce. Bring sauce to a boil and cook until thickened. Pour sauce all over ham. Follow ham instructions and cook until warmed thru, basting occasionally with juice.

Charlotte’s Lentil Soup
(This is super good and healthy and I could eat it for lunch every single day!)
1 large sweet onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
Lots of celery
2 T. olive oil
1 package frozen chopped spinach
1 bag lentils, rinse
2 T. salt
14 cups water
1 large can diced tomatoes

Saute onion, garlic and celery in oil. Add all other ingredients. Cover and cook until lentils are done, about one hour. (I don’t like celery so I cut it into huge strips and then take them out after the soup is done.)

Thanks to my mom and mother-in-law for all you have taught me. I consider myself very blessed to have both of you in my life!

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By Lana, May 9, 2008 8:40 pm

I have to tell you about our horrible mishap a couple of nights ago. I only do so to hopefully keep someone else from making such a dreadful mistake. I still get chill bumps when I think about it. And, to be honest I am mortified by my own mistake. After the night nurse arrived, we were setting Carmen up for the night and I was setting up the oxygen. We got a humidifier canister for the oxygen machine so that the oxygen does not dry out Carmen’s nose so badly. I thought I knew how to set it up. Carmen was in her crib and all of sudden totally freaked out. She is unable to verbalize but it was clear she was in distress. The nurse quickly leaned her forward because she was choking. I grabbed the suction machine and tried suctioning her out and she was gasping and spewing out water. We both realized that water was pouring out of the nasal cannula, directly into Carmen’s nose. I quickly disconnected the tubing and Carmen was able to get her breath. I had connected the tubing wrong and instead of oxygen going into Carmen’s nose, water was pouring into her nose. The good thing is that the water was coming right out her mouth but it was still absolutely the scariest moment we have had. And, I felt HORRIBLE. The following day the oxygen guy delivered a bunch of tanks and I asked him to take a look at the humidifier canister. Not only were we missing an adaptor piece but I had connected the tubing to Carmen’s nose to the water instead of to the oxygen part. Now it is all set and there is no possibility for such a mishap! So, that’s my PSA for the day. Make sure you know how to set up the humidifier to the oxygen machine!!!!!!!!!!!

Whew, now for something a little lighter. Yesterday the doorbell rang and both the Fed-Ex guy and the UPS guy were at my house! Between the two we had 6 big boxes in our foyer. Carmen gets medical shipments each month- formula, feeding bags, syringes, gloves, nebulizer sets, oxygen tubing, etc. Yesterday, everything came at the same time. Fed-Ex guy and UPS guy seemed to think it was funny. Oh, and the oxygen guy had already arrived with 6 oxygen tanks and they were still in the foyer, along with the big back-up tank.

Ha! Ha! Just as I was typing this up, the doorbell rang. UPS man was bringing 4 more packages. I think they are trying to take over my house!

Big thanks to Claudia for watching Carmen today while I went to the Mother’s Day Tea. The muffins are yummy and I enjoyed chatting with you! Dave and I so much look up to you and Eric.

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By Lana, May 9, 2008 8:39 pm

A very special little boy is now in Heaven. Samuel fought cancer (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) for several years. Despite everything they have gone thru, the family has remained faithful. I have followed Samuel’s story for several years now and he and his family are an inspiration to me. Click here to view Samuel’s website.

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By Lana, May 9, 2008 2:25 pm

Today I went to Lauren’s preschool for the Mother’s Day Tea. The lights were off and the class tables were decorated with candles, flowers and gold heart place mats. The kids were the servers and Lauren brought me muffins and a Hershey’s kiss. Lauren gave me a special Mother’s Day card and Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Rubio gave me Cynthia Heald’s book Becoming a Woman of Purpose. What a special day!